April 2024
Córdoba Argentina
Satellite Ocean Colour Validation. Organized by IOCCG and hosted at Centro Espacial Teófilo Tabanera, CONAE, Argentina. [Course Report][Course agenda]
July 2024
Busan, South Korea
GOCI Toolbox (GTBX) on Snap. Organized by IOCCG & KIOST, and conducted by KIOST as part of the 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly.
April – Aug 2023
Plymouth UK & Online
Satellite-based tools for investigating aquatic ecosystems. Organized by the Trevor Platt Memorial Foundation and co-sponsored by IOCCG. [Course report][Course website] [Recordings of Online Modules]
July 2022,
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Fifth IOCCG Summer Lecture Series 2022: Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science.
October 2019
Hangzhou, China
Advanced Training Course on Ocean Colour Remote Sensing
July 2018
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Fourth IOCCG Summer Lecture Series 2018: Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science.
- View course report and lecture synopsis (PDF file)
- View lecture material (course website, PDF presentations, and on-line videos of lectures)
- View lecture videos
July 2016
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Third IOCCG Summer Lecture Series 2016: Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science.
July 2014
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Second IOCCG Summer Lecture Series 2014: Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science
October 2013
Qingdao, China
NOWPAP- PICES Joint Training Course on Remote Sensing Data Analysis, co-sponsored by IOCCG.
November 2012
Morocco
Methods and Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing in African Coastal and Regional Seas, co-sponsored by IOCCG [View course report].
July 2012
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
IOCCG Summer Lecture Series 2012: Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science [View course report and lecture synopsis]. [View Summer Lecture Series 2012 website]. [Download all presentations and videos]. [View on-line videos of all lectures].
October 2011
Vladivostok, Russia
NOWPAP/PICES/WESTPAC Joint Training Course on Remote Sensing Data Analysis, co-sponsored by IOCCG [View course report]. [View student report].
February 2010
Kochi, India
Remote Sensing Applications in Fisheries and Ecosystem Analysis. Training course co-sponsored by IOCCG and held in conjunction with the SAFARI Symposium on Remote Sensing and Fisheries [view report].
October 2009
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Methods and Applications of Ocean Colour Remote Sensing in African Coastal and Regional Seas. Organised by the Joint Research Centre (EU) and co-sponsored by IOCCG. [Course synopsis] [Course Report]
August 2009
Lauenburg, Germany
IOCCG training course on “Inversion Methods in Ocean Colour Remote Sensing”. Organised by Dr. Roland Doerffer of the GKSS Research Center, Institute for Coastal Research. [Course summary], [Participants List]
April 2009
Hangzhou, China
International Ocean Colour Workshop held in conjunction with the IOCCG Committee meeting. Organized by Prof. Delu Pan and colleagues, SOED, Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA, China. [Workshop agenda and photos].
September 2007
Mombassa, Kenya
Methods and Applications of Ocean Colour Remote Sensing in African Coastal and Regional Seas. Organised by the Joint Research Centre (EU) and co-sponsored by IOCCG. [view report]
May 2007
St. John’s, Canada
IOCCG training course on “Analysis and Applications of Satellite-derived Ocean-Colour Data” held at Memorial University of Newfoundland. [view report]
October 2005
Ispra, Italy
IOCCG training course on “Methods and Applications of Ocean Colour Remote Sensing in Coastal and Regional Seas” held at the Joint Research Center (JRC). [view report]
April 2005
Montevideo, Uruguay
IOCCG training course on “Remote Sensing of Ocean Colour in Open, Coastal, and Estuarine waters” [view report]
January 2005
Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Second ANTARES workshop co-sponsored by IOCCG. [view report]
July 2003 to February 2004
Southern Hemisphere
Oceanographic training on the BEAGLE Southern Hemisphere cruise.
October 2003
Brisbane, Australia
2nd IOCCG Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Capacity Building Workshop. [view report]
September 2003
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
International Symposium on Remote Sensing and Ocean Science in South East Asia, co-sponsored by IOCCG. [view report]
July 2003
INIDEP, Mar del Plata, Argentina
First ANTARES Workshop on bio-optics and ocean colour, co-sponsored by IOCCG. [view report]
October 2002
University of Concepción, Chile
IOCCG training course on Primary Production. [view report]
December 2001
Cape Town, South Africa
IOCCG training course on Remote Sensing of Ocean Colour: Analysis and applications. [view report]
October 2001
Bogor, Indonesia
Training Course on Remote Sensing and GIS for Coastal Applications, co-sponsored by IOCCG. [view report]
September 2001
Noumea, New Caledonia
ILOCCG workshop on Remote Sensing Resources for Marine Management. [view report]
February 2001
Ahmedabad, India
IOCCG International Training Course on Ocean Colour: Techniques and Applications. [view report]
December 2000
Bangkok, Thailand
Asian Remote Sensing Training Course on Ocean Colour, co-sponsored by IOCCG. [view report]
September 2000
Erdemli, Turkey
IOCCG Training Course on Remote Sensing of Ocean Colour. [view report]
November 1999
Klong Luang, Thailand
IOCCG Training course: Applications of Marine Remote Sensing Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). [view report]
January 1999
Bangalore, India
JGOFS Symposium and Training course: Biogeochemistry of the Arabian Sea: Synthesis and Modelling. [view report]
November 1997
Olmué, Chile
Intensive Course on Remote Sensing of the Ocean: Applications for Ocean Colour, Temperature, Wind Stress and Altimetry. [view report]
The sixth International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) meeting will take place in Darmstadt, Germany from 1 – 4 December 2025, hosted by EUMETSAT and ESA with support from other agencies.